• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
• /
• v.9 no.1
• /
• pp.7-15
• /
• 2000

An ECR-PECVD system with the characteristics of high ionization rat다 ability of plasma processing in a wide pressure range and deposition at low temperature was manufactured and characterized for the deposition of thin films. The system consists of a vacuum chamber, sample stage, vacuum gauge, vacuum pump, gas injection part, vacuum sealing valve, ECR source and a control part. The control of system is carried out by the microprocessor and the ROM program. We have investigated the vacuum characteristics of ECR-PECVD system, and also have diagnosed the characteristics of ECR microwave plasma by using the Langmuir probe. From the data of system and plasma characterization, we could confirmed the stability of pressure in the vacuum chamber according to the variation of gas flow rate and the effect of ion bombardment by the negative DC self bias voltage. The plasma density was increased with the increase of gas flow rate and ECR power. On the other hand, it was decreased with the increase of horizontal radius and distance between ECR source and probe. The calculated plasma densities were in the range of 49.7\times10^{11}\sim3.7\times10^{12}\textrm{cm}^{-3}$. It is also expected that we can estimate the thickness uniformity of film fabricated by the ECR-PECVD system from the distribution of the plasma density.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
• /
• v.12 no.4
• /
• pp.235-239
• /
• 2002

In this study mesh-type PECVD system was suggested to minimize the hydrogen concentration. The main structural difference between the triode system and a conventional system is that, a third electrode, a mesh, is inserted between the powered and the ground electrode. We investigated several conditions to compare with conventional PECVD. The main effect of mesh was to minimize the substrate damage by ion bombardment and to enhance the surface reaction to induce hydrogen desorption. It was also found that hydrogen concentration decreased but deposition rate increased as increasing applied bias. Applied DC-bia s enhanced sputtering process. Intense ion bombardment causes the weakly bonded hydrogen or hydrogen-containing species to leave the growing film and increased adatom mobility. Furthermore, addition of hydrogen gas enhance the surface diffusion of adatom.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
• /
• 2011.02a
• /
• pp.204-205
• /
• 2011

In thin film silicon solar cells, p-i-n structure is adopted instead of p/n junction structure as in wafer-based Si solar cells. PECVD is a most widely used thin film deposition process for a-Si:H or ${\mu}c$-Si:H solar cells. For best performance of thin film silicon solar cell, the dopant profiles at p/i and i/n interfaces need to be as sharp as possible. The sharpness of dopant profiles can easily achieved when using multi-chamber PECVD equipment, in which each layer is deposited in separate chamber. However, in a single-chamber PECVD system, doped and intrinsic layers are deposited in one plasma chamber, which inevitably impedes sharp dopant profiles at the interfaces due to the contamination from previous deposition process. The cross-contamination between layers is a serious drawback of a single-chamber PECVD system in spite of the advantage of lower initial investment cost for the equipment. In order to resolve the cross-contamination problem in single-chamber PECVD systems, flushing method of the chamber with NH3 gas or water vapor after doped layer deposition process has been used. In this study, a new plasma process to solve the cross-contamination problem in a single-chamber PECVD system was suggested. A single-chamber VHF-PECVD system was used for superstrate type p-i-n a-Si:H solar cell manufacturing on Asahi-type U FTO glass. A 80 MHz and 20 watts of pulsed RF power was applied to the parallel plate RF cathode at the frequency of 10 kHz and 80% duty ratio. A mixture gas of Ar, H2 and SiH4 was used for i-layer deposition and the deposition pressure was 0.4 Torr. For p and n layer deposition, B2H6 and PH3 was used as doping gas, respectively. The deposition temperature was $250^{\circ}C$ and the total p-i-n layer thickness was about $3500{\AA}$. In order to remove the deposited B inside of the vacuum chamber during p-layer deposition, a high pulsed RF power of about 80 W was applied right after p-layer deposition without SiH4 gas, which is followed by i-layer and n-layer deposition. Finally, Ag was deposited as top electrode. The best initial solar cell efficiency of 9.5 % for test cell area of 0.2 $cm^2$ could be achieved by applying the in-situ plasma cleaning method. The dependence on RF power and treatment time was investigated along with the SIMS analysis of the p-i interface for boron profiles.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
• /
• v.23 no.7
• /
• pp.8-13
• /
• 2009

Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) is commonly used for Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) fabrication, and the process can easily be applied to industrial production lines. In this works, we developed novel magnetized radio frequency PECVD system for one line process of CNTs fabrication for charge storable electrode application. The system incorporates aspects of physical and chemical vapor deposition using capacitive coupled RF plasma and magnetic confinement coils. Using this magnetized RF-PECVD system, we firstly deposited Fe layer (about 200[nm]) on Si substrate by sputter method at the temperature of 300[$^{\circ}$] and hence prepared CNTs on the Fe catalyst layer and investigated fundamental properties by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy (RS). High-density, aligned CNTs can be grown on Fe/Si substrates at the temperature of 600[$^{\circ}$] or less.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.35 no.3
• /
• pp.323-328
• /
• 2011

In this paper, the UWR thin films were prepared by RF PECVD. The relationships between the deposition conditions and the film properties such as morphological and chemical properties of the films were discussed. Moreover, from the analysis of plasma diagnostics using OES, formation mechanism of UWR thin films was discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
• /
• 2012.08a
• /
• pp.193-193
• /
• 2012

In thin film silicon solar cells, p-i-n structure is adopted instead of p/n junction structure as in wafer-based Si solar cells. PECVD is the most widely used thin film deposition process for a-Si:H or ${\mu}c$-Si:H solar cells. Single-chamber PECVD system for a-Si:H solar cell manufacturing has the advantage of lower initial investment and maintenance cost for the equipment. However, in single-chamber PECVD system, doped and intrinsic layers are deposited in one plasma chamber, which inevitably impedes sharp dopant profiles at the interfaces due to the contamination from previous deposition process. The cross-contamination between layers is a serious drawback of single-chamber PECVD system. In this study, a new plasma process to solve the cross-contamination problem in a single-chamber PECVD system was suggested. In order to remove the deposited B inside of the plasma chamber during p-layer deposition, a high RF power was applied right after p-layer deposition with SiH4 gas off, which is then followed by i-layer, n-layer, and Ag top-electrode deposition without vacuum break. In addition to the p-i interface control, various interface control techniques such as FTO-glass pre-annealing in O2 environment to further reduce sheet resistance of FTO-glass, thin layer of TiO2 deposition to prevent H2 plasma reduction of FTO layer, and hydrogen plasma treatment prior to n-layer deposition, etc. were developed. The best initial solar cell efficiency using single-chamber PECVD system of 10.5% for test cell area of 0.2 $cm^2$ could be achieved by adopting various interface control methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
• /
• 2000.11a
• /
• pp.476-479
• /
• 2000

In this study, mesh-type PECVD system was suggested to minimize the hydrogen concentration. The main structural difference between the triode system and a conventional system is that a mesh was attached to the substrate holding electrode. We investigated several conditions to compare with conventional PECVD. The main effect of mesh was to minimize the substrate damage by ion bombardment and to enhance the surface reaction to induce hydrogen desorption. It was also found that hydrogen concentration decreased but deposition rate increased as increasing applied dias. Applied DC bias enhanced sputtering process. Intense ion bombardment causes the weakly bonded hydrogen or hydrogen-containing species to leave the growing film and increased adatom mobility. Furthermore, addition of hydrogen gas enhance the surface diffusion of adatom. The structural properties of poly-Si films were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy(SEM).

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
• /
• 2016.02a
• /
• pp.274-274
• /
• 2016

터치스크린패널로 응용하기 위하여 80%이상의 높은 투과도와 낮은 저항이 요구된다. 그 중에서도 무반사 효과 (anti-reflective, AR) 를 크게하여 투과도를 향상시키는 방법으로 나노구조물, 증착시 경사각, 다층박막 방법 등이 연구 개발되고 있다. 단일 박막을 이용하여 무반사 코팅을 하는 경우, 정밀한 굴절률 조절이 어려우며 낮은 반사율 영역의 선폭이 좁은 단점이 있다. 반면, 저/고굴절률 다층박막의 경우 비교적 굴절률 조절이 용이하고 가시광영역 전반적으로 높은 투과도를 가질 수 있다. plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) 증착법을 이용하여 무반사 효과를 증대시키기 위해 저/고굴절률 다층구조의 박막을 두께조합에 따라 평가하였으며, 가장 널리 사용되고 있는 Sputtering증착법과 비교하여 연구하였다. 제작된 다층박막의 구조는 glass(sub.)/SiN/SiO2/ITO 이며, 무반사 코팅층인 SiN/SiO2층은 각각 PECVD와 Sputtering 증착법을 통해 성장되었고, ITO는 스퍼터링 증착법을 이용하여 동일하게 성장하였다. 그 결과 PECVD 증착법이 Sputtering 증착법에 비하여 가시광영역(400~800nm)에서 더 높은 투과도를 얻게 되었다. 결과의 차이에 대해서 PECVD 증착법과 Sputtering 증착법으로 성장된 SiN, SiO2 박막의 광학적 특성과 물리적 특성의 변화를 spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), Rutherford backscattering (RBS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) 을 이용하여 비교, 분석하였다.

• Journal of IKEEE
• /
• v.21 no.1
• /
• pp.85-88
• /
• 2017

This study focused on the development of in-situ passivation system and characterization of OLED display. The thin film passivation process with thin film layers was investigated using in-situ passivation technique in the cluster system. Thin films of $SiO_2$, SiNx passivation were manufactured using PECVD, which enables the deposition process at room temperature. The cluster system was created to develop in-situ passivation process, which OLED and thin film were fabricated in the cluster system without exposing to the atmospheric environment. It is expected that the in-situ passivation system of OLED with organic and inorganic layer provides the leading technique to develop flexible OLED.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
• /
• v.5 no.1
• /
• pp.15-18
• /
• 2004

We studied the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) aligning capabilities using the new alignment material of a-C:H thin film by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system for 30 sec under 30W rf power at a gas pressure of 1.4＊10$\^$-1/ torr. A high pretilt angle of about 5 by ion beam exposure on the a-C:H thin film surface was measured. A good LC alignment by the ion beam alignment method on the a-C:H thin film surface was observed at annealing temperature of 250$^{\circ}C$, and the alignment defect of NLC was observed above annealing temperature of 300$^{\circ}C$. Consequently, the high LC pretilt angle and the good thermal stability of LC alignment by the ion beam alignment method on the a-C:H thin film by PECVD method as working gas at 30W rf bias condition can be achieved.